Processing Applications!
Tweet Now is the time of year when we are actively gearing up for Fall 2013 courses. The journey is a long one for the courses proposed, and right now we are at the point where we will be interviewing candidates for the 22 positions open in the fall. Check out this infographic to see [...]
The Next Beky
Tweet Are you a Tufts senior looking for a job for next year? Consider being the next Program Assistant for the ExCollege. The Program Assistant position is a full-time, academic-term, paid position with benefits. The Program Assistant is involved in all aspects of the ExCollege operations, from course selection to filmmaking equipment management and much [...]
The Early Years
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Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Tweet As I write this, my computer screen displays this word document as well as one ginormous spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is not just any ordinary numbers-y (clearly I have been thoroughly trained in the secret arts of Excel) spreadsheet. This spreadsheet spans columns and columns and exists for one reason: to coordinate interviews for over [...]
The Proposal: A Process of Idea Babies, I Do’s and Engagement
Tweet Written by Nick Golden, Marcy Regalado, and Beky Stiles Every semester, a new list of Experimental College courses appears on our website. This magical listing jumps across disciplines and contains unique courses like “A History of Pir‘arrrgh’cy” (I’m sorry…I couldn’t resist…). Each hand-crafted class goes through an intensive series of steps (I would say [...]
The Express! News & updates from the ExCollege.
Tweet Friday, November 30 Teach First Year Students! Going away this spring but want to teach a Perspectives or Explorations first year student seminar next fall? You can access the application online from anywhere! Co-teach a course to gain valuable teaching experience, engage a room of first years each week, and get credit! Check out [...]
They Grow Up So Fast!
Tweet This summer we’ve caught up with some ExCollege office “alums” — folks who worked at the ExCollege during or after their time at Tufts — and they are doing all sorts of crazy things like getting new jobs, getting engaged and married, and even having babies! Yikes! Kate Drizos was a student worker in [...]
The Best Part of the Job
Tweet Every now and then, my friends ask me what I “do” at work at the ExCollege. As usual, it’s much easier to tell a short half-truth than to explain the whole story. So, I usually say something like, “I enter course proposal information into a database.” That sounds pretty dull, but of course, that’s [...]
The ExCollege: A Freshmen Perspective
Tweet Becoming a freshman at Tufts is an experience like no other. Your script for the first few days consists of three questions and then three answers: 1. What’s your name? 2. Where are you from? and 3. What dorm you are living in? Then you would move on to meeting the next person. This [...]